Sh!t About Movement You Should Know: a holistic approach to improving performance on + off the field - Paperback

by Andrew Hauser (Contribution by), Brett Winchester (Contribution by), Alan Jaeger (Contribution by)

Move better. Leak less energy. Understand the system your body has been trying to show you all along.
If stretching more, training harder, bracing tighter, or chasing the next "fix" has not solved the problem, it is time for a different way to understand movement.

Most athletes, coaches, parents, trainers, and active humans are taught to treat the body like a machine: stretch the tight part, strengthen the weak part, ice the angry part, push through the hard part, and hope nothing breaks.

But your body is not a machine to fix.

It is a living system to understand.

Sh!t About Movement You Should Know is a no-BS guide to the hidden principles underneath mobility, performance, pain, posture, recovery, fascia, breath, nervous system regulation, and injury risk. Once you see how the system works, you will never look at stretching, training, compensation, or performance the same way again.

In this practical, irreverent, and deeply useful book, movement optimization specialist Tracy Tanguay shares the Liminal Method, developed through nearly two decades of work with athletes, coaches, movement professionals, and clients from 27 of 30 Major League Baseball organizations, Olympics, PGA, and NHL athletes.

This is the space most programs miss: the space between positions, reps, drills, and outcomes. The place where energy leaks show up, compensation patterns begin, and the body reveals what it has been protecting, avoiding, or overusing.

Part 1 makes the invisible visible.

You'll learn:

• Why stretching more is not always the answer
• How hidden energy leaks affect speed, power, mobility, strength, control, and recovery
• Why pain, tightness, and stiffness are often signals, not isolated problems
• How breath, diaphragm function, pressure, posture, and compensation shape movement quality
• Why fascia, developmental movement, ground reaction, and nervous system regulation are part of the same conversation
• How transitions reveal the truth about how your body actually moves

Part 2 gives you practical principles, drills, cues, and action steps to help you move with more awareness, efficiency, stability, and flow.

Including:

• 20+ practical drills to improve mobility, coordination, control, and body awareness.
• A sample warmup you can use before training, sports, or daily movement.
• Clear explanations of biomechanics and kinesiology without making your brain melt.
• Movement concepts you can apply to athletics, coaching, parenting, work, recovery, and everyday life.
• Real-world examples from the 12-week Mobility Series designed for professional baseball players, including increased velocity, decreased ERA, and fewer days spent on the Injured List.

You'll also gain insights from Andrew Hauser, Dr. Brett Winchester, Alan Jaeger, Philip Stotter, Dr. Ismael Gallo, and Bryan Eisenberg.

This is not another book of random exercises or another promise to "fix" your body in four weeks.

It is a blueprint for understanding the operating system underneath movement - so you can stop chasing symptoms, stop forcing positions, and start building a body that feels more connected, capable, powerful, mobile, and free.

Whether you are an athlete, coach, trainer, parent, weekend warrior, or human who is tired of feeling stiff, disconnected, beat up, or confused by your own body, this book will help you see movement differently.

All you have to do is follow three simple steps:

• Read the book
• Apply the principles and drills inside
• Start noticing what your body has been trying to tell you all along

** Because when you understand your body differently, you move through the world differently. **